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Thursday, April 26, 2012

So what a cool feeling...having your work published in a magazine! The Magazine is Art Doll Quarterly and it has been my favorite magazine ever since I found Dollmaking! It's the Spring Summer Issue and I have a beautiful spread with a Tutorial ! I'm overjoyed...I feel very excited and grateful! I think everyone should send their work in to feel this feeling!!!

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"Annie Rose" Paper Clay Tiny Doll

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Frozen Charlotte Wand ,,the charlotte was made with white clay from a handmade mold of an original!

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Shiny polka Dot Shoes

Rose Cap!

Now onto the doll that I have finished. This sad little girl was created for a friend and "Ambassador" of Art Dolls, Annie Hesse. Annie's house is filled with beautiful dolls created by herself and many many Artists....its so inspiring!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Oh my gosh...the whole while I had to pack and move all my things to the shore house for good!!! (yay)....I just kept thinking of faces and textures....I was thinking...Col...you are losing it...but I guess when I cant do something...I just want to do it MORE!!!! haha...

Anyway...working on 3 new dolls and finally figured out who they will be... to get through them quicker because of "wasting time moving"....haha...priorities!.....I made original arms and legs then went for a MAKING A TWO PART MOLD OUT OF POLYMER...how EASY!!! was this!! and how much time did it save?? LOTS!!! Here are the easy steps to do this:

1. Soften your polymer clay...here I used super sculpey because its pretty soft and you get a nice impression.....make a neat block that is back enough for your item...in this case an arm...and a leg.

2. Press your item into the clay evenly..only HALF WAY. take your item out neatly, not moving the clay....

3. Bake that mold for 20 minutes...cool...and now put the item back in the mold.

4. make another neat block of soft clay...push it over the already baked mold with the item inside the mold...pressing your new clay so that it fits the baked piece...now flip the entire block over onto a tile that fits in your over...and carefully pull the already baked mold off of your fresh clay. If the item is stuck in the clay..carefully remove like you did with he first part and bake .

YOU NOW HAVE A PART MOLD THAT fits snugly together. Fill it with paper clay (dust the mold with a powdered brush and fill with paper clay. press the 2 parts together...pull apart...and remove. at this point i push my armature wire through (sometimes i leave the wire in the original so when i make the mold...there is an actual slot for the wire,,,and I lay the wire inside in the molding step.

I also taught a 3 hour Face Sculpting Workshop at the Warwick NY library. The Workshop was Sponsored by Artist LILLIAN ALBERTI for her new Area Doll Club. The Workshop was a huge success with over 20 attendees...and Lillian and Heather Brauner assisted in teaching. Every person created a beautiful face...and some of the ladies had never sculpted!

About Me

So this Dollmaking journey continues with my Passion for sculpting in paperclay...and embellishing with every kind of Media that I can get my hands on! I Teach Sculpting paper clay dolls and embellishing in Mixed Medias.